#8CB232#8CB232

#8CB232 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.158 H 124.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB232
RGB	rgb(140, 178, 50)
HSL	hsl(78, 56%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(78, 72%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.3%, 0%, 71.9%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.76, -31.09, 57.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.76, 65.63, 118.27°)
OKLab	oklab(71.15% -0.09 0.1293)
OKLCH	oklch(71.15% 0.158 124.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.3116, 37.6462, 8.8446)
Luminance	0.3765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB232 #5832B2

analogous

#B29832 #8CB232 #4CB232

triadic

#8CB232 #328CB2 #B2328C

tetradic

#8CB232 #32B298 #5832B2 #B2324C

square

#8CB232 #32B298 #5832B2 #B2324C

split-complementary

#8CB232 #324CB2 #9832B2

monochromatic

#415217 #668225 #8CB232 #AACF53 #C1DC82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#8CB232 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#8CB232 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB232

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB232	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB232	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA61B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A53D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92A999

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb232;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 178, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.158 124.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1c972',
    500: '#8cb232',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb232;
$custom-light: #b1c972;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb232",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.813,
    "s": 56.14,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71148,
    "c": 0.15753,
    "h": 124.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB232

secondary

#917BC5

accent

#48DF75

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F8ED

border

#D0D1C8

text

#111308

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB232

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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